Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 14:55:20 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: taob@io.org (Brian Tao) Cc: terry@lambert.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Lowering minfree to 1% on large disks Message-ID: <199603312155.OAA12026@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960331163931.29121L-100000@zap.io.org> from "Brian Tao" at Mar 31, 96 04:41:22 pm
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> On Sun, 31 Mar 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > If you do this, it will cause the FS mode to toggle constantly. > > According to the tunefs(8) man page, setting minfree to 5% or less > will force space optimization "to always be used". I assume this > means even when there is more than 5% free. Ugh. Then this changed and I missed the meeting. 8-(. This is probably less optimal than allowing it to toggle and console message you to death (after all, you are doing a silly thing, and the system should punish you for it by making your console scroll like a maniac). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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